Actually I'm pretty fine with zero fidget house in this poll. Some sounds we just shouldn't go back to.
― Josiah Alan, Sunday, 2 September 2012 08:35 (eleven years ago) link
Sass, sorry if I hit a nerve, just not feeling Luciano these days.
― Chewshabadoo, Sunday, 2 September 2012 11:27 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, Luciano, what happened?
http://www.inverted-audio.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Luciano-Tribute-To-The-Sun-450x450.jpg
― MikoMcha, Sunday, 2 September 2012 11:59 (eleven years ago) link
I suppose the relative lack of non-Villalobos mid-00s minimal in this poll reflects quite how tracky a lot of it was and I suppose there isn't that much consensus around it. I mean records like Full Clip and Seeing Through Shadows were great but difficult to hold in the same sort of affection several years on as a lot of the stuff in this poll. I suppose that accounts for the preponderance of grinny big field music in this poll.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 2 September 2012 11:59 (eleven years ago) link
Luciano's always been more chameleon-like/bandwagon jumping than he's given credit for - people always associate him with minimal for obvious reasons but there are sets from as late as 2005 that are totally maximalist and banging.
The inclusion I really don't get in this poll is that Still Going track, I mean it's not actively bad or anything but I've no idea what aspect of it would make someone vote one of the best of the decade.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 2 September 2012 12:03 (eleven years ago) link
Luciano had that really great DJ set of minimal goes deep house set around 2005-2006... trying to find it.
― MikoMcha, Sunday, 2 September 2012 12:10 (eleven years ago) link
But seriously, that album was a real wtf moment for me. Cadenza had an awesome run imo probably up until around Los Updates album or the Mirko Loko one, sometime around mid-2008.
― MikoMcha, Sunday, 2 September 2012 12:15 (eleven years ago) link
Oh yeah, that album, and the lead up up to it, was definitely like a moment of lost innocence for me. Why Cadenza? Why?
― formerly EDB (ed.b), Sunday, 2 September 2012 12:17 (eleven years ago) link
Although the digital/organic vitalist artwork should have already set off some signals, I suppose. It always had the potential to devolve into jazzy/latin-based 'sophistication', or a general weird Euro-fetishism of exotic alterity...
― MikoMcha, Sunday, 2 September 2012 12:19 (eleven years ago) link
Miko my favourite Luciano minimal into deep house sets are actually 2007 - Silo Belgium and Kristal @ Bucharest. Do you mean one of those?
― Tim F, Sunday, 2 September 2012 12:21 (eleven years ago) link
That's it! The Silo one, that was great. Somehow lost it between laptops.
― MikoMcha, Sunday, 2 September 2012 12:23 (eleven years ago) link
I'll upload it somewhere. It's a classic.
― Tim F, Sunday, 2 September 2012 12:23 (eleven years ago) link
I gave it a sympathy vote bcz Spaghetti Circus wasnt nommed
― itt: i forgot that he yells at a butt (sic), Sunday, 2 September 2012 12:52 (eleven years ago) link
I like the Still Going track a lot, more than Spaghetti Circus, but wouldn't have voted for it given the massive amount of other material on DFA and there's probably better examples of this neo-disco vibe anyway (Metro Area or Todd Terje, for instance).
― MikoMcha, Sunday, 2 September 2012 13:14 (eleven years ago) link
This was a fun thread to read, love the images!! here's my ballot
1 M83 Don't Save Us From The Flames (Superpitcher Mix)2 Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom - Relevee (Carl craig remix)3 Friendly Fries - paris (Aeroplane Mix)4 Chelonis R Jones - I Don't Know5 Royksopp - What Else Is There (Trentemoller Mix)6 Justus Kohncke - Timecode7 Luomo - Tessio (Vocalcity)8 Phantom Ghost - Perfect Lovers Unperfect Mix)9 Psychonauts - World Keeps Turning (Highfish & Zander Mix)10 Rick Poppa Howard - Do What You have To11 Lindstrom - I feel Space12 Mathew Jonson - Typerope11 Amp Fiddler - Faith (Jazzanova Mix)14 Mayer/Auayo - Slow15 Midi Rain - Always16 Metro Area - Miura17 Ricardo Villalobos - Easy Lee18 Geiger - Cocain-E19 Henrik Schwarz - Where We At20 Larry Heard presents mr white - The Sun can't Compare21 Superpitcher - Irre22 Lawrence - Spark23 Lifelike & Chris Menace - Discopolis24 Gui Boratto - No Turning Back25 Abe Duque - What Happened?26 Ada - Each and Everyone (Blindhouse Mix)27 Richard Davis - Bring Me Closer28 Mari Bone - Vuoi Vuoi Me (Schwarz Remix)29 todd terje eurodans30 The MFA - the Difference It makes (Superpitcher Mix)31 Isolee - Pillowtalk32 Black Leotard Front - Casual Friday33 The Shortwave Set - Now Til 69 (Aeroplane Mix)34 closer music - One Two Three ( No Gravity)35 Gui Boratto - Like You (Supermayer Mix)36 Lindstrom & Prins Thomas _ Mighty Girl37 Dondolo Dragon (Shit Robot Mix)38 Underworld - Crocodile (Ame Remix)39 ada - The Red Shoes40 Ricardo Villalobos - Dexter41 Hercules & Love Affair - Blind (Frankie Knuckles remix)42 Dj Koze - I Want To Sleep43 Green Velvet - Shake And Pop44 The Knife - Heartbeats (Rex The Dog Mix) 45 voigt & voigt - roxy46 Margo - la Baumette (Broker/dealer Mix)47 polmo polpo - kiss me again and again48 John Tejade Sweat (On The Walls)49 wighnomy brothers - Hide You hide you im schrankwand gewand50 Gabriel Ananda - Ihre Persönliche Glucksmelodie
― JacobSanders, Sunday, 2 September 2012 14:59 (eleven years ago) link
"Still Going Theme" always seemed like second-tier DFA to me.
― The Reverend, Sunday, 2 September 2012 18:18 (eleven years ago) link
cobblestone Jazz were, by far, the most overrated producers of that whole period.
yeah but - like, say, audion - they also produced two of the best tracks of that whole period
― the late great, Sunday, 2 September 2012 20:39 (eleven years ago) link
I don't disagree but I think if you look at any of the top two tunes of most of the big minimal producers - not just Villalobos or Luciano but also Eulberg, Ananda, Trentemoller, Holden, Loco Dice, even Minilogue - they'd be amazing tunes.
The idea of boring, interchangeable big room minimal schmininal has an appealing truthiness to it but it's always the "other stuff" we're talking about when we invoke it.
― Tim F, Sunday, 2 September 2012 21:35 (eleven years ago) link
No females in that list because the only one with a big enough rep was Magda, whose productions mostly underwhelmed me. Some amazing producers with smaller reps obv.
― Tim F, Sunday, 2 September 2012 21:37 (eleven years ago) link
otm w/ Magda, the very definition of solid, effective, but ultimately uninteresting minimal. Actually, there was this moment where a series of producers came around (Mathew Jonson would be one of the more redeemable examples, someone like Max Cooper [for instance] less so) who perfectly articulated what I thought I wanted from 'minimal', but who ultimately delivered something with no tension or character somehow...
― MikoMcha, Sunday, 2 September 2012 22:05 (eleven years ago) link
the best cobblestone jazz and audion tracks were much better than the best of all those dudes except eulberg and holden and villalobos ... i know because i'm listening to kreucht & fleucht
did safari and pele bloss not place?
"even minilogue" made me LOL but i guess that means i need to know which tracks you're talking about
― the late great, Sunday, 2 September 2012 22:10 (eleven years ago) link
Nah I love "Dump Truck" and "Typerope" and "Mouth to Mouth" but I reckon "Ihre Personliche Glucksmelodie", "Doppelwhipper", "Bomberos", "Octagonal", Holden's "Safari" remix and Loco Dice's remix of Daniel Taylor's "M.O.R.D." were all >>
Trentemoller didn't have a tune that was better but "Physical Fraction" is pretty close, and I have started many a homemade comp with "Prana".
Minilogue's best tune was their remix of Jaia's "Orchestra 2.0" IIRC, the highpoint of minimal qua trance.
― Tim F, Sunday, 2 September 2012 22:19 (eleven years ago) link
I guess generally I'm a maximalist not a minimalist which probably influences my choices and preferences here - even my favourite Jonson tunes are the ones that balanced out hooky tune with lots of mutable internal development (whereas a lot of his tunes fell on other side of that line and hence seemed either slightly monomaniacal or slightly formless).
― Tim F, Sunday, 2 September 2012 22:21 (eleven years ago) link
One of the things that made me sort of turn against Jonston early on was this all Mathew Jonston mix I downloaded from Mark Consumption in 2004, where the mix from one to the other ultimately sounded transition-less and tension-less. Probably unfortunately, since ultimately I loved hearing those tunes out mixed with material that came from a different sonic palette.
― MikoMcha, Sunday, 2 September 2012 22:34 (eleven years ago) link
Yes I had the exact same reaction to that mix!
― Tim F, Sunday, 2 September 2012 22:37 (eleven years ago) link
there was this weird sense that Jonson was the producer who people who thought they were above minimal would make allowance for, which I found odd given few big producers were more "guilty" of most of the sound's key "crimes".
― Tim F, Sunday, 2 September 2012 22:40 (eleven years ago) link
It was also weird how Jonson was associated with early mutations of dubstep at that time. Not just from the Consumption mixes, but some bloggers iirc.
― MikoMcha, Sunday, 2 September 2012 22:43 (eleven years ago) link
Although maybe I could just be associating it with those mp3s of course! It's been a while...
― MikoMcha, Sunday, 2 September 2012 22:45 (eleven years ago) link
Was it just that dubstep bloggers liked him and "decompression" had a vaguely syncopated beat? That had always been my assumption but maybe there was something more going on.
― Tim F, Sunday, 2 September 2012 22:45 (eleven years ago) link
Man you know what Metope tune was really amazing that I had totally forgotten about? "Libertango". Just listened to Koivikko's 'Hot Pepper' mix again and the way it ends on this so great. Love metope's machine whiplash grooves.
Though I guess maybe he's still too brittle to click with Rev.
― Tim F, Sunday, 2 September 2012 22:52 (eleven years ago) link
The last few tracks on Hot Pepper are so good. I remember thinking of how ground-breaking it sounded at the time. This demented electro-techno-minimal stomping sound. Also the first time I think I heard maximalist-minimalism...
― MikoMcha, Sunday, 2 September 2012 23:06 (eleven years ago) link
...which kind of then bled into electrohouse after.
― MikoMcha, Sunday, 2 September 2012 23:07 (eleven years ago) link
Also Beeze & Schmidt's "Meander" into Osborne's "Graphite" is some pinnacle of funky minimal ("Meander" actually sounds like a remix of "Da Funk").
― Tim F, Sunday, 2 September 2012 23:10 (eleven years ago) link
There was another really good set of mixes kicking around that time, a blog I've forgotten about, but was mixing tracks like Motiivi:Tuntematon, 1939 w/ things like Yoshimoto, Du What U Du (Trentemøller Mix). Have to dig out my old HD for those proto-electrohouse mixes.
― MikoMcha, Sunday, 2 September 2012 23:12 (eleven years ago) link
my top 10 minimal would be like: fizheuer, pele bloss, safari, india in me, mund zu mund, dinamo, cosmic sandwich ... uh
― the late great, Sunday, 2 September 2012 23:14 (eleven years ago) link
Have you heard that "M.O.R.D." remix Vahid?
― Tim F, Sunday, 2 September 2012 23:20 (eleven years ago) link
son of raw loco dice version, dub kult's on and on and guy gerber stoppage time
― the late great, Sunday, 2 September 2012 23:21 (eleven years ago) link
no what's that and who's it by?
was just listening to kreucht & fleucht, so good
Is it just me or are all of your faves looooong ass tunes.
All very "let me take you on a journey... Into sound...."
― Tim F, Sunday, 2 September 2012 23:22 (eleven years ago) link
Daniel Taylor - "M.O.R.D. (Loco Dice Remix)"
― Tim F, Sunday, 2 September 2012 23:23 (eleven years ago) link
His best tune alongside the son of raw remix.
why yes tim, they are, that's why i was listening to so much radio slave at the time
― the late great, Sunday, 2 September 2012 23:27 (eleven years ago) link
Not a criticism! It just struck me seeing them listed together like that.
Obv long ass was a minimal m.o. at the time.
― Tim F, Sunday, 2 September 2012 23:28 (eleven years ago) link
We should do a POX of funky percussive minimal (a la Dinky's "Horizontal") and other techno for Rev.
― Tim F, Monday, 3 September 2012 01:02 (eleven years ago) link
good life (luciano)
not so much minimal anymore as shading into rainforest maximal
he would like safari (holden) i bet
― the late great, Monday, 3 September 2012 01:07 (eleven years ago) link
as well as houle's "bay of figs", son of raw, luciano's "good life" and misc. "ballet"
― the late great, Monday, 3 September 2012 01:11 (eleven years ago) link
Is the "on and on" Guido Schneider remix too dry? Amazing percussion on that.
Schneider releasing a tune called "As Dry As I Can Be" was a great guilty lol of minimal.
― Tim F, Monday, 3 September 2012 01:11 (eleven years ago) link
Dunno about Houle, he's pretty rigid for rev's tastes? Like I get that he's funky in a techno sense but I think you need to have already internalizedmachine beats to view him that way?
― Tim F, Monday, 3 September 2012 01:13 (eleven years ago) link
Curious to know what techno post oh 2007 (that's not actually like industrial post-dubstep or something, though that too I guess) people think fit into this category.
― Tim F, Monday, 3 September 2012 01:16 (eleven years ago) link